New York: At last year’s U.S. Open, Serena Williams was trying to rewrite the record book and fell short, but starting on Monday at Flushing Meadows winning is getting personal. Williams’ 184-week reign as world number one is under attack, and the American will be loathe to relinquish it, accordingRead More

London: England are to go ahead with their tour of Bangladesh, the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed Thursday. “We can confirm that @englandcricket’s tour of Bangladesh will continue as planned,” said a statement on the ECB’s official Twitter feed. The future of the tour was thrown into doubt whenRead More

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan will quit international cricket after the ongoing limited overs series against Australia, the swashbuckling opener announced on Thursday. “I have decided to retire from the ODIs after the third match in Dambulla (on Sunday) and will play the two Twenty20s and then retire completely,” DilshanRead More

New Delhi: India’s first and only individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra was on Thursday named Chairman of a five-member review committee to probe the shooters’ Rio Games debacle but has recused himself from questioning them as he was himself a part of the team. The National Rifle Association of IndiaRead More

Los Angeles: Top seeded Richard Gasquet defeated French compatriot Stephane Robert in straight sets 6-1, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP Tour’s Winston-Salem Open on Wednesday. Gasquet saved seven of eight break points and broke the unseeded Robert’s serve five times in the hardcourt tournament in North Carolina.Read More

Fort Lauderdale: West Indies face India in two Twenty20 internationals in Florida at the weekend in a litmus test for both cricket’s future in the US and Carlos Brathwaite’s credentials as Caribbean skipper. After India cruised to victory in the Test series and in the aftermath of the Caribbean squad’sRead More

Colombo: Australia’s Steve Smith has been rested to focus on next month’s tour of South Africa leaving David Warner to lead the side for the remainder of the Sri Lanka series. Smith captained Australia to an 82-run loss in the second one-day international Wednesday which tied the series 1-1. “IRead More

New Delhi: The controversy stoked by marathon runner O P Jaisha took an interesting turn when her personal coach Nikolai Snesarev asserted on Thursday, that she herself had said no when asked by him if she would need personalised refreshment during the race in the Rio Olympics. Belarusian Nikolai saidRead More

Manchester: Manchester City and Borussia Moenchengladbach built on commanding first-leg advantages to cruise through the Champions League playoffs on Wednesday, while Russian side Rostov thrashed Ajax 4-1 to reach the group stage for the first time. City will play a sixth straight season in Europe’s elite competition after beating SteauaRead More

Virat Kohli’s Team India were No. 1 in the ICC test rankings for a week or so. Much like songs dropping off Billboard, they have been busted down to No. 2. But it won’t be long before they hit the top spot again not only because they have a longRead More